diff --git a/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php b/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
index 75d3e8018..604bb06a6 100644
--- a/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
+++ b/tests/forms/RequirementsTest.php
@@ -350,6 +350,55 @@ class RequirementsTest extends SapphireTest {
 		$this->assertContains('</script></body>', $html);
 	}
 
+	public function testForceJsToBottom() {
+		$backend = new Requirements_Backend();
+		$backend->javascript('http://www.mydomain.com/test.js');
+
+		// Test matching with HTML5 <header> tags as well
+		$template = '<html><head></head><body><header>My header</header><p>Body<script></script></p></body></html>';
+
+		// The expected outputs
+		$JsInHead = "<html><head><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://www.mydomain.com/test.js\"></script>\n</head><body><header>My header</header><p>Body<script></script></p></body></html>";
+		$JsInBody = "<html><head></head><body><header>My header</header><p>Body<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://www.mydomain.com/test.js\"></script><script></script></p></body></html>";
+		$JsAtEnd  = "<html><head></head><body><header>My header</header><p>Body<script></script></p><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://www.mydomain.com/test.js\"></script></body></html>";
+
+		
+		// Test if the script is before the head tag, not before the body.
+		// Expected: $JsInHead
+		$backend->set_write_js_to_body(false);
+		$backend->set_force_js_to_bottom(false);
+		$html = $backend->includeInHTML(false, $template);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsInBody, $html);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsAtEnd, $html);
+		$this->assertEquals($JsInHead, $html);
+
+		// Test if the script is before the first <script> tag, not before the body.
+		// Expected: $JsInBody
+		$backend->set_write_js_to_body(true);
+		$backend->set_force_js_to_bottom(false);
+		$html = $backend->includeInHTML(false, $template);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsAtEnd, $html);
+		$this->assertEquals($JsInBody, $html);
+
+		// Test if the script is placed just before the closing bodytag, with write-to-body false.
+		// Expected: $JsAtEnd
+		$backend->set_write_js_to_body(false);
+		$backend->set_force_js_to_bottom(true);
+		$html = $backend->includeInHTML(false, $template);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsInHead, $html);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsInBody, $html);
+		$this->assertEquals($JsAtEnd, $html);
+		
+		// Test if the script is placed just before the closing bodytag, with write-to-body true.
+		// Expected: $JsAtEnd
+		$backend->set_write_js_to_body(true);
+		$backend->set_force_js_to_bottom(true);
+		$html = $backend->includeInHTML(false, $template);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsInHead, $html);
+		$this->assertNotEquals($JsInBody, $html);
+		$this->assertEquals($JsAtEnd, $html);
+	}
+
 	public function testSuffix() {
 		$template = '<html><head></head><body><header>My header</header><p>Body</p></body></html>';
 		$basePath = $this->getCurrentRelativePath();
diff --git a/view/Requirements.php b/view/Requirements.php
index 9bd514dfc..7db31e0d9 100644
--- a/view/Requirements.php
+++ b/view/Requirements.php
@@ -308,6 +308,17 @@ class Requirements {
 		self::backend()->set_write_js_to_body($var);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the javascript to be forced to end of the HTML, or use the default.
+	 * Useful if you use inline <script> tags, that don't need the javascripts
+	 * included via Requirements::require();
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $var If true, force the javascripts to be included at the bottom.
+	 */
+	public static function set_force_js_to_bottom($var) {
+		self::backend()->set_force_js_to_bottom($var);
+	}
+
 	public static function debug() {
 		return self::backend()->debug();
 	}
@@ -436,7 +447,15 @@ class Requirements_Backend {
 	 * @var boolean
 	 */
 	public $write_js_to_body = true;
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Force the javascripts to the bottom of the page, even if there's a
+	 * <script> tag in the body already
+	 *  
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	protected $force_js_to_bottom = false;
+	
 	public function set_combined_files_enabled($enable) {
 		$this->combined_files_enabled = (bool) $enable;
 	}
@@ -487,6 +506,14 @@ class Requirements_Backend {
 	public function set_write_js_to_body($var) {
 		$this->write_js_to_body = $var;
 	}
+	/**
+	 * Forces the javascript to the end of the body, just before the closing body-tag.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean
+	 */
+	public function set_force_js_to_bottom($var) {
+		$this->force_js_to_bottom = $var;
+	}
 	/**
 	 * Register the given javascript file as required.
 	 * Filenames should be relative to the base, eg, 'framework/javascript/loader.js'
@@ -701,7 +728,18 @@ class Requirements_Backend {
 				$requirements .= "$customHeadTag\n";
 			}
 
-			if($this->write_js_to_body) {
+			if ($this->force_js_to_bottom) {
+				// Remove all newlines from code to preserve layout
+				$jsRequirements = preg_replace('/>\n*/', '>', $jsRequirements);
+
+				// We put script tags into the body, for performance.
+				// We forcefully put it at the bottom instead of before
+				// the first script-tag occurence
+				$content = preg_replace("/(<\/body[^>]*>)/i", $jsRequirements . "\\1", $content);
+				
+				// Put CSS at the bottom of the head
+				$content = preg_replace("/(<\/head>)/i", $requirements . "\\1", $content);				
+			} elseif($this->write_js_to_body) {
 				// Remove all newlines from code to preserve layout
 				$jsRequirements = preg_replace('/>\n*/', '>', $jsRequirements);
 
